Chapter 51: Preparation for the Second Banquet
After eating some of the chocolates that Professor McGonagall had handed them, several people finally calmed down.
"Professor McGonagall, why didn't I find you such a storyteller?"
An old but infectious voice came from the doorway of the room, it was Dumbledore with half-moon eyes.
"Albus? How did you get here? Professor McGonagall also looked at the twins of Harry, Ron, and Weasley, who were frightened by her jokes, of course, she knew that the material of Floo powder could not be ashes or something, and she said those words just to educate the twins.
Who knew that the outcome scared Harry and Ron, who came in later.
Looking at the way they looked at her hands, McGonagall almost sighed helplessly.
"Alright, you can go to the Gryffindor lounge, I think you might be in a dorm room for a while. The fat lady's password is 'banquet', and if you can't remember it, then I wish you a good night's sleep in the hallway. Professor McGonagall spoke a little fast, and after arranging Harry and the four Weasleys of the Weasley family, she turned to Leo and Hermione, "Scott? ”
"What's wrong, Professor?"
"Can you prepare those candles or something tomorrow? Dumbledore and I have decided that from this year onwards, the old students will be able to return to school on the 1st of September with the new students, so the banquet may be postponed until the 31st. ”
"That's great, I'm worried that tomorrow won't have enough time." Li Yi thinks this proposal is good.
However, there may be some problems with the two banquets held together, so let's talk about this later, anyway, let's finish this year first.
"As for you, Miss Granger......" Professor McGonagall was a little confused about Hermione's arrangement, there were no female students in the Hogwarts common room yet, and she was planning to arrange for Hermione to live with her temporarily.
"Professor, I'd like to work with Sig to make the food and utensils that the ghosts and portraits need...... And maybe the Sorting Hat's ......"
Because Li Yi didn't find magical items like the Sorting Hat and Ravenclaw's Eagle Ring in last year's banquet, he had to be complained about every time he saw them, and then left a promise to shout them next time.
So in fact, during the summer vacation, Li Yi and Hermione were also studying what gifts and feasts the two of them should give.
A couple of bottles of shower gel might be a good idea for the Sorting Hat, and a three-centimeter-thick brain teaser might satisfy the Eagle Ring.
But the food problem has not been solved.
Regarding the food of the ghosts and portraits, Li Yi left the recipe last year, but the elves don't know why they can't always make a good taste, they can only say that it is unsatisfactory, basically the level of barely being able to eat.
Li Yi later found out that it might be because of magic, so after Harry and the twins had managed to make the first qualified candle with difficulty using their wands, Li Yi gave them the job, and he and Hermione had to study the food supply for the magical items in the castle.
As for the other two Weasleys, Percy seems to be writing to someone, and Li Yi knows that he is talking to his girlfriend, and maybe on the day of the party, his girlfriend will also come.
As for Ron, since his wand is really a bit bad, he has been trying to make candles, but unfortunately, the finished product he has made has only attracted the contempt of the elves who pass by him.
The level is here, and it really doesn't work if you don't accept it.
Ron had to be there alone to keep in touch, and the slightest improvement would make him cheer.
Regarding the question of the portrait, Li Yi only needs to make some finished products and hand them to Dumbledore, although he now has some clues about how to make the portrait as vivid as Hogwarts or the ancient family, but he really doesn't know how to add food to it.
Besides, he didn't have time to spare half a day to study this.
So he filled the table in the headmaster's room with delicious food, and after Dumbledore tasted it, he said that he already knew the taste of the food and could add it directly to the painting.
For the people in the portrait, no matter how much they destroy the objects inside, they will return to their original state after a period of time, and in fact, it is difficult for them to define the state of existence in terms of life and death.
They don't need to eat anything, and maybe a simple chat will make them satisfied.
Hogwarts portraits are theoretically connected, but with the exception of some public portraits, some of which have portraits of wizards, it is difficult for other living creatures to enter until they are allowed to do so.
"Professor Dumbledore, it looks like you're in a good mood." Li Yi noticed Dumbledore's small bottle when he painted the oversized painting last year, and now it was sitting quietly on the table.
"Oh, Sig. I remember you said you were going to give me special food, and a banquet tomorrow night......"
Before Dumbledore could answer Li Yi, the voice of the Sorting Hat next to him came, he didn't open his mouth, it was okay, as soon as he opened his mouth, the portraits of the entire Headmaster's Office began to discuss, and the previous Headmasters drilled around in the portraits, and then loudly exchanged things about the banquet with each other.
……
After handing the Sorting Hat a bit of coffee-flavored silk, the Sorting Hat stopped nagging contentedly, and then Li Yi finally left the room that seemed to be filled with tens of thousands of ducks, which was too noisy inside.
The staircase at Hogwarts has its own temper, some of which are very regular, and they will change over time, sometimes for hundreds of years.
Some students with good observation and memory can even know the current time by the movement of the stairs.
The Ravenclaw lounge was at the very top of the Ravenclaw Tower, and Li Yi thought about the route from the castle, followed the changing staircase to the fourth floor, and then walked up the hanging corridor in the castle from the fourth floor, and finally climbed several floors......
So he chose a more convenient and faster solution.
Opening the window on the outside side of the corridor, Li Yi floated out of the window directly, and then after finding the direction of Ravenclawta, he flew directly over.
After magically creating a temporary gap in the wall outside the tower, Li Yi went straight inside.
"Hermione, does Eagle Ring have any thoughts on the things we chose for him?"
Li Yi said hello to Hermione, who was talking to Eagle Ring.